Uber Shocks the Regulators

Digital technology has undermined the old idea that taxis need close government supervision.

By

L. Gordon Crovitz

June 15, 2014 5:58 p.m. ET

Maybe going on strike wasn't the best way for London taxi drivers to protest Uber, the Internet-based car service invading from Silicon Valley. When riders couldn't get cabs last week, the number signing up for Uber soared to more than eight times the normal rate.